March 2012
“But then, the truth was never really the point. Thin women don’t tell their fat...”
– Kate Harding (via rhiannon-random)
another example of thin privilege, your body type doesn’t carry these negative synonyms
(via fatcatsandcurls)
I very strongly dislike the “you’re not fat” phenomenon.
(via girl-germs)
“Everything you do right now ripples outward and affects everyone. Your posture...”
– David Deida (via nirvikalpa)
“An editor, a friend, a nice guy at Show magazine where I’d been freelancing,...”
– Gloria Steinem
“Some outward symptoms [of mental illness] are sometimes referred to as ‘cries...”
– I Don’t Mind If You’re Crazy, As Long As You Act Sane In Public – this ain’t livin’
THIS.
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Shitty haiku
Two smiling faces
Their eyes filled with tears and lies
Masks help us all cope
“I’m fat positive because I’m a feminist, and I refuse to acknowledge in the...”
– You’re Welcome - Why I’m Fat Positive (via ceasesilence)
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[tw: complaining about small things]
Waiting in the fucking cold for almost an hour is certainly not good for bettering my health while being so fucking sick.
February 2012
Hey it's tuesday and everything so go ahead and... →
All the sads.
Five Myths About Women in Combat →
fuckyeahfeminists:
This is from May, but consider Santorum’s recent bullshit comments about women not being able to ‘handle’ combat just as well this is relevant. Thanks to the reader who suggested I post this!
Here’s the list. Click the link for explanations and the whole article.
Women are too emotionally fragile for combat.
Women are too physically weak for the battlefield.
The presence...
“A market-driven technocratic culture has infiltrated university life, with the...”
– Cornel West (via loftkits)
“One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he...”
– David Foster Wallace (via masalladelpuntocero)
“According to a survey of 1,292 women, conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf...”
– Almost Half Of Women Don’t Like Their Faces Unless They’re Spackled With Makeup
Ethnologic ill Logic: Worming Our Way out of... →
bartholomewfromthesun:
Image: Photo Researchers, Inc.
Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal.
Planarian worms have amazed scientists with their apparently limitless ability to regenerate. Researchers have…
Yes..excellent.
Anonymous asked: could you help me out with a dbq? How did propaganda and the agendas of totalitarian leaders contribute to a breakdown of democratic ideals in the 1930's?
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Damn! This cough tastes like fucking popcorn! Yum..
dominospizzatracker:
i really don’t want to write this paper what if i just drop out of college and let one of y’all support me financially and idk maybe tell me i’m pretty once in a while
My thoughts exactly. Anyone want to pay me to learn? Or to do nothing but hang out..
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with...”
– Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neal Hurston
I’ve been thinking “Zora Neal Hurston” for some odd reason this whole week. The name just pops up..
E.T a stranger in a strange land: Looming Monster →
etastrangerinastrangeland:
There is this looming monster above me
He is there wherever I go portend
Reminding me no to get too happy
Internal joy is never in the end.
“Never be sad people have it worst off
Never be happy some have it better
Only the saddest man can rightly sob
Only the happiest man can simper.”
I…
